Hair band



H. SALOMONS HAIR BAND JFiled Oct. 22, 1925 INVENTOR Patented Jan. 22,1924-.

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HAIR BAND.

Application filed October 22, 1923. Serial No. 669,992.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENnrSALoMoNs, a. citizenof the United States, residing at New York cit borough of Manhatt-am in6 the county of ew York and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Hair Bands, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to toilet appliances and has particular referenceto hair dress ing devices.

Among the objects of the invention isto provide a band to be worn bygirls or women around their foreheads for confining the hair withindesired or suitable bounds and consisting of a device composed of humanhair together with certain fastening and holding means.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hair band, the main orbody portion of which is composed of human hair of a texture and colormatching the hair of the head being dressed or trimmed by the band.

More specifically stated, the invention comprises a'band consistingessentially of a narrow strand of human hair, mechanical means forsecuring the ends of the band at proper tension-preferably at the backof the head, and mechanical keeper means applied or movable along theintermediate portion of the band for retaining the band in narrow widthor form, said keeper means serving also as ornaments for decorativepurposes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed and while the invention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose ofillustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate thesame parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front viewillustrating one embodiment and mode of application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a variation in adaptation of theinvention.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspectiveview of the hair band in substantiallythe form shown in Fig. 1.

ltoferring now more specifically to the drawings, the band is composedof a nar row strand 10 of human. hair of suitable length to encompassthe head asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 and with sufiicient overlap of theloose end portion 11 to be employed as a'fastening means in connectionwith other means attached to the remote end of the strand. As indicatedI prefer to employ a ring 12 as a permanent attachment as by stitchingor the like at 18 to the anchor end 14 of the strand and through whichthe loose end 11' of the strand is adapted to be passed behind the headand beneath the-hair at the back of the head, and after being so passedthe loose end is passed around or beneath the body of the strandadjacent to the ring and held by such means or in connection with otherconvenient fastening means such as a hair pin or the like.

Being composed of natural hair in unwoven form, the strand 10 is suchthat the intermediate portion thereof between the ends. or theporti'onadjacent to the wearers forehead, in order to be maintained instraight narrow form andone that is of the neatest and most pleasingnature, requires to be re tained by keeper means of a rigid nature. Tothis end I show at 15 a pair of slides or keepers each comprising aplate-like body having two spaced parallel slots 16 of a length andwidth adapted for the free passage therethrough of the ring 12 and theanchor end of the strand. By passing the ring thus outward through oneslot and then in ward through the other slot the keeper may he slippedlengthwise along the strand to any desired position and immediately tworesults are accomplished thereby,-the anchor end of the strand to whichall the hairs are attached being thus slipped first through the keeper,all the hairs of the strand are drawn substantially straight and witheven tension, presenting thus the band in neat. straight form, andsecondly, the keeper from its nature serves to hold the band in narrowstraight form at all times.

As many of the keepers as desired may be employed, but I prefer thearrangements shown in the drawings in that either two of the keepers arein use as shown in Fig. 1 and lying adjacent to the temples, or one ofthe keepers may be employed at the center of the forehead. The selectionof number and location of the keepers is a factor determinable by-eachindividual as to her personal desire, and dictated b the mass or qualityof her hair, the character of the ornamentation to be derived from thekeeper, and other individual conditions. In any event that portion ofthe strand that passes across the forehead is retained in a smoothstraight, neat, and narrow form, and in no case does it cover the entireforehead. The hair employed may be of a quality and color to matchexactly the wearers hair, or it may in some cases if preferred be of anyother color or shade that will be pleasing and harcolor and quality tomatch the wearers hair and adapted to be applied across and to cover a;portion of her forehead. means to fasten the ends of the band at theback of the wearers head and keeper means slidable along theintermediate portion of the strand for holding the same in narrow formadjacent to her forehead.

3. A hair band consisting of a narrow strand of human hair, a ringattached to one end of the strand and through which the remote end isadapted to be passed for fastening the band at the back of the wearershead, and a slidable keeper having a pair of slots through which thering and end of the strand attached thereto are adapted topass. thekeeper being slidable thence along the intermediate portion of thestrand and serving to hold the portion adjacent thereto in narrow smoothform.

In testimony whereof I afiimemy signature.

HENRY SALOMONS;

